The 9th running of this classic event really lived up to its billing as a Challenge, not only for competitors, but for the event organizers as well. The event was dominated by a low pressure area which provided 20 to …
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The Nivea Inshores that were supposed to be held off of Bohol Beach Club on the last day of the Philippine Hobie Challenge had to be cancelled due to the lack of wind. All the boats were rigged and ready …
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Todays Hobie Cat Australasia Leg was the fifth and final race of the Philippine Hobie Challenge Offshore Series. A crowded start off Camiguin, then the fleet split into two around White Island,
powering away with northeasterly breezes of 8-10 kts.
The leaders …
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Leg 4 saw Tony Stearns & Janet McCullough of Team Saipan with a powering ahead lead as a westerly lift brought them ahead of Kev’s and Team PNG on the Neilpryde race day.
1ST- TEAM SAIPAN Tony Stearns & Janet McCullough
2ND …
For the first time in six years the Hobie Challenge sailors had to be towed to the start of the race. The whole fleet was towed by only 2 large bancas, and some Challenge newbies amused everyone with a comedy …
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Day 2. the Lifeline Arrows leg of PHC6, had a downwind start at 08:00 Hrs from the idyllic crescent shaped Island of Calangaman.
The winds were fresh and stronger on the western side of the course for the first 27 …
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Great conditions on the water today on the first Gatorade leg of the Philippine Hobie Challenge. Participants rounded the island of Malapascua before heading down to round the solitary lighthouse on Capitancillo in the Camote Sea before an 11 mile …
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Team PNG, made up of helm Andrew Locke and local sailor David Levinge are sharing a lead with Kev’s Bob Engwirda and Jerome Binder after the first two races of the Nivea Inshore series.
After frantic work in the morning building …
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Boracay - Palawan
209 nm
December 31 - January 7, 2004
Nivea Inshore Series Boracay Island
At 1100 hrs. the Race Management team led by Jerry Rollin staged the practice race. After lunch the first two races of the inshore races which constituted the …
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The 4th Philippine Hobie Challenge
Donsol - Alegre
202 nm
February 1-8, 2003
16 teams of hopefuls for The Fourth Philippine Hobie Challenge assembled at Woodlands Beach Resort in Donsol, Sorsogon and began preparations for a week-long, 202 nautical mile passage through the …
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